Chip Jones,  Butterfly Gardener of Bedford Avenue By Ann Sides At first glance, it looks like a summer meadow; a wildly colorful thicket of goldenrod, phlox, sunflowers, daisies, petunias, cannas,  trumpet lily, and huge hibiscus in startling shades of red and yellow. Then you see the little stone path, winding through the greenery, the bird … Continue reading Voices from the ‘Hood: Chip Jones, Butterfly Gardener

Jim and Sonnya Quinn’s cozy gray and white home on Gardner Street is perfectly in tune with its leafy setting—but is unlike any other on the street. Jim and Sonnya intended it that way; they cherish the diversity of a neighborhood in which, they say every house is unique. The Quinns built their present home … Continue reading Jim and Sonnya Quinn

Voices from the Neighborhood… By Ann Sides When Letitia and Jeannette Fields were little girls, they skipped through meadows of trees and wildflowers where the Cameron Village shopping center now stands. Letitia remembers Bedford Avenue surfaced with hard clay and stones. Jeannette recalls a sawmill east of Oberlin road, and a stand of Christmas trees … Continue reading Memory Keepers: The Fields Sisters